Dan Hellem

Azure DevOps MCP Server April Update

This update brings a set of improvements and changes across both local and remote Azure DevOps MCP Servers. Here’s a summary of what’s changed. Query work items with WIQL We’ve introduced a new wit_query_by_wiql tool that enables users to construct and run work item WIQL queries. For our remote MCP, to ensure reliability and performance, […]
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21 Apr 2026

Improving the Markdown Editor for Work Items

We introduced the Markdown editor in July 2025 to bring Markdown support to large text fields in work items. Since then, we’ve received valuable customer feedback highlighting challenges with the editing experience, particularly when switching in and out of edit mode. Many users found the current interaction model confusing and, at times, disruptive. For example, […]
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2 Apr 2026

Azure DevOps local MCP Server is generally available

Today we are excited to take our local MCP Server for Azure DevOps out of preview 🥳. Since the initial preview announcement, we’ve worked closely with early adopters and the community to incorporate feature suggestions and feedback. We’ve improved login and authorization, added and refined tooling, and introduced domains so users can scope active tools […]
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13 Oct 2025

Azure Boards integration with GitHub Copilot (Private Preview)

As of October 16, 2025, we are no longer accepting organization signups for the private preview. Our focus is now on completing the feature and preparing it for general availability in the coming weeks. Several months ago, GitHub introduced the public preview of its Copilot coding agent, a powerful new capability that allows you to […]
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16 Sep 2025

Markdown Support Arrives for Work Items

After several months in private preview and many bug fixes along the way, we’re excited to announce that Markdown support in large text fields is now generally available! 🎉 🦄 How it works By default, all existing and new work items will continue using the HTML editor for large text fields. However, you now have […]
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8 Jul 2025

Azure DevOps MCP Server, Public Preview

A few weeks ago at BUILD, we announced the upcoming Azure DevOps MCP Server: 👉 Azure DevOps with GitHub Repositories – Your path to Agentic AI Today, we’re excited to share that the local Azure DevOps MCP Server is now available in public preview. This lets GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code […]
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18 Jun 2025

New Boards Hub Rollout Expectations

Although the process may seem slow, we are steadily progressing toward rolling out the New Boards Hub to all customers. Our plan is to deprecate the old Boards experience for all Azure DevOps service users by the end Q1 2025. The rollout is advancing on two fronts. First, we are setting the New Boards Hub […]
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12 Dec 2024

Microsoft DevLabs Extensions

The Microsoft DevLabs publisher was created as a hub for internal teams at Microsoft to channel their passion for Azure DevOps into experimental extensions. These extensions helped address product gaps and fostered innovation, ultimately benefiting Azure DevOps customers via the public marketplace. The challenge Over time, as the original creators of these extensions moved on […]
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4 Dec 2024

Azure Boards, September Update

September was a productive month for Azure Boards, and we’re excited to share some of the new features coming your way. Area and Iteration Level Fields Area and iteration level fields have been crucial for querying or displaying results based on their specific levels: (Root) Level 1 / Level 2 / Level 3 / etc. […]
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27 Sep 2024

New Boards Hub Rollout Update

Back in March, we shared an update on our initiative to make the New Boards Hub the default experience for all organizations. However, that rollout was delayed as we shifted priorities for several months. Today, we’re excited to announce that the rollout of the New Boards Hub is back on track.
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21 Aug 2024

Update on Azure Boards + GitHub Integration

It’s been a few months since our last update on the initiative to enhance the integration between Azure Boards and GitHub. We’re excited to share that many new features have been completed and are in the process of being rolled out.
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26 Jul 2024

New Boards Hub on as default

If you’ve been keeping up with the progress of New Boards Hub, you’re probably aware that the preview has been active for quite some time now. In fact, we officially announced the preview of New Boards Hub almost two years ago to the day.
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20 Mar 2024

Azure Boards + GitHub improvements in private preview

Today we are happy to announce several improvements to our GitHub integration story. These improvements are vital for those customers who are seeking better traceability between Azure Boards and GitHub repositories.

AB# Validation

This is a recap of the private preview announcement we made in December 2023.
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6 Feb 2024

New Boards Hub Update, January 2024

In our fall update, we acknowledged the necessity to pause the rollout of New Boards Hub. Our focus was on enhancing its quality, performance, accessibility, and addressing an long list of bugs and issues. We’re pleased with the progress achieved in the past few months and want to highlight a few key points as we prepare to make New Boards Hub the default experience for our next group of customers.
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27 Jan 2024

Work Items in Visual Studio

Several years ago, with the introduction of Visual Studio 2019, we launched a completely revamped work item experience. This updated view operates entirely on REST, replacing the deprecated SOAP APIs utilized in the legacy version. Although Visual Studio 2022 still includes the option to revert to the legacy view,
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1 Dec 2023

New Boards Hub, Fall Update

If you have been following these posts, then you are more than familiar with our New Boards Hub initiative. We have been doing our best to keep our community informed of the new features and our rollout plans. Now is a good time to provide an update on where things are at with a couple of our new preview features,
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22 Nov 2023

Azure Boards + GitHub Integration Improvements

The existing Azure Boards + GitHub integration has been in place for several years now. This integration was a great starting point, but it does not offer the level of traceability that our customers have grown accustomed to. Based on your feedback,
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1 Nov 2023

Team Work Item Automation Rules (Private Preview)

Customers have been requesting to automate state transitions for a while. Take this request from 2018:

“When a User Story contains several child tasks, often developers update the child tasks but not the overall state of the User Story. It would be great to automatically update the state of the User Story according to the state of the child tasks.
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3 Oct 2023

New Boards Hub Rollout Update

In July, we provided an overview on the steps for New Boards hub to go GA. In this blog post, we wanted to provide a short update on where things are at and what you can expect over the next couple of months.
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26 Sep 2023